Search for dissertations about: "service function"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 237 swedish dissertations containing the words service function.

2. 1. Managing the Industrial Service Function

   Author : Christian Kowalkowski; Per-Olof Brehmer; Maria Holmlund-Rytkönen; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Industrial service offerings; service function; manufacturing firms; ICT; customer relationships; value; Industrial organisation; administration and economics; Industriell organisation; administration och ekonomi;

   Abstract : During the past decade, growing attention has been given to industrial service offerings in the marketing literature as well as in many manufacturing firms. This phenomenon is often described as a goods-services transition, in which companies increasingly turn to the provision of industrial services in order to achieve competitive advantage, such a closer customer relationships and higher profit margins. READ MORE

4. 2. Formal Approaches to Service-oriented Design : From Behavioral Modeling to Service Analysis

   Author : Aida Čaušević; Paul Pettersson; Jonathan P. Bowen; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; service-oriented software engineering; formal modeling; service-oriented systems; resources; analysis; behavior; correctness check; Computer science; Datavetenskap; Computer Science; datavetenskap;

   Abstract : Service-oriented systems (SOS) have recently emerged as context-independent component-based systems. In contrast to components, services can be created, invoked, composed and destroyed at run-time. Services are assumed to be platform independent and available for use within heterogeneous applications. READ MORE

5. 3. Service concept design

   Author : Fred Persson; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Datorstödd maskinkonstruktion; Computer Aided Design;

   Abstract : Manufacturing companies are continuously experiencing tougher competition; to meet this challenge a trend is to offer functional products. A functional product is a total care offer consisting of capital intensive hardware integrated with its accompanying services needed to keep it operational. READ MORE

6. 4. SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE : AN INNOVATION PROCESS PERSPECTIVE

   Author : Annika Granebring; Péter Révay; Anita Håkansson; John Sören Pettersson; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computer and systems science; Data- och systemvetenskap; Industriell ekonomi och organisation;

   Abstract : In traditional information systems for the grocery retail trade, the different parts are strongly dependent of each other. Should one function change, the whole system must be rebuilt which is expensive and time consuming. The result is that many necessary process improvements are never done. READ MORE

7. 5. Function follows Form : Trait-based approaches to climate change effects on wetland vegetation and functioning

   Author : Helen Moor; Jon Norberg; Andrew Gonzalez; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Functional traits; Plant community ecology; Trait distributions; Wetlands; Ecosystem functioning; Ecosystem Services; Climate change; Dispersal; Metacommunity modelling; naturresurshushållning; Natural Resources Management;

   Abstract : Climate change and habitat fragmentation are altering the structure and functioning of plant communities world-wide. Understanding how, why and with what consequences are major challenges of ecology today. Trait-based approaches focus on functional rather than taxonomic identity to facilitate process-based explanation and prediction. READ MORE